Isibuyekezo se-UK REACH: I-HSE Iphakamisa Ama-SVHC Amasha angu-15 Ohlu Lwabazongenela Izicelo - Okubalulekile Ekufinyeleleni Imakethe yase-UK
Kubakhiqizi, abangenisa impahla kwamanye amazwe, kanye namabhizinisi ochungechunge lokuhlinzeka ngempahla asebenza e-UK, isibuyekezo esibalulekile sokulawula sidinga ukunakwa ngokushesha. I-UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) iqalise ukubonisana nomphakathi ngezinto ezingu-15, iphakamisa ukuthi zengezwe ohlwini lwabafakizicelo lwe-UK SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern). Lolu shintsho kulindeleke ukuthi luphothulwe futhi luqale ukusebenza ngoJuni 2026, luthinte ngqo imikhakha ebalulekile ehlanganisa izinto zikagesi, izinto zokuxhumana zokudla, izimonyo, kanye nezindwangu.
Ngomhlaka-9 Mashi 2026, i-HSE yaqala ukubonisana nomphakathi ngalezi zinto ezingu-15, ezingezona ezintsha ekuhlolweni kwemithetho. Phakathi kuka-2021 no-2025, zase zivele zihlonzwe njenge-SVHC yi-European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) ngaphansi kwe-EU REACH. Lesi siphakamiso siphawula isinyathelo esibalulekile ekuguqukeni kohlaka lokulawula amakhemikhali lwase-UK ngemuva kwe-Brexit, okubonisa ukuzibophezela kwayo ekuhambisaneni nezindinganiso zezemvelo ze-EU ngenkathi isungula uhlelo lwayo oluzimele.
Umugqa Wesikhathi Oyinhloko kanye Nemininingwane Ebalulekile
Ngokusekelwe esimemezelweni esisemthethweni se-HSE, amabhizinisi kumele alandelele eduze lezi zinyathelo ezibalulekile:
- Isikhathi Sokubonisana Nomphakathi: 9 Mashi 2026 – 20 Ephreli 2026 (kusele isikhathi esingaphezudlwana kwenyanga, abathintekayo bayakhuthazwa ukuba bahlanganyele ngewebhusayithi ye-HSE)
- Ukuqinisekiswa Kwesinqumo: Zingakapheli izinsuku ezingu-45 kusukela ekupheleni kokubonisana, i-HSE izonquma ngokusemthethweni ukufakwa kwalezi zinto.
- Ukusetshenziswa Okulindelekile: Juni 2026 (izibopho zokuthobela imithetho zizoqala ukusebenza ngokushesha lapho kufakwa).
- Amaqembu Athintekile: Abakhiqizi base-UK, abangenisi, abaphakeli babo abaphezulu, kanye nabasabalalisi, abahlanganisa lonke uchungechunge lokuphakelwa.
- Imikhakha Ethintekile: Uhlu olubanzi lwemikhiqizo yabathengi, kugxilwe kakhulu kumishini kagesi neye-elekthronikhi (i-EEE), izinto zokuxhumana nokudla, izimonyo, kanye nezindwangu.
Ama-SVHC ayizinto ezibeka izingozi ezinkulu empilweni yabantu kanye nasemvelweni ngenxa yezakhiwo ezifana nomdlavuza, ukuguquka kwezakhi zofuzo, ubuthi bokuzala (i-CMR), noma ukuphikelela, ukunqwabelana kwezinto eziphilayo, kanye nobuthi (i-PBT). Ukufakwa kwawo ohlwini lwabazongenela ukhetho kubangela izibopho zokuthobela imithetho ngokushesha kwamabhizinisi.
Phakathi kuka-2021 no-2025, lezi zinto ezingu-15 zase zihlonzwe njengezinto ezikhathaza kakhulu (ama-SVHC) yi-European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) ngaphansi kwe-EU REACH.
Imiphumela Yokuthobela Imithetho Nezinyathelo Ezilandelayo
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi nakuba izibuyekezo ze-SVHC zase-UK ngokuvamile zisale ngemuva kwe-EU ngemuva kwe-Brexit, lesi siphakamiso sibonisa ukuthambekela okucacile kokuhambisana kwemithetho. Uhlu kulindeleke ukuthi luqhubeke nokukhula, futhi amabhizinisi ahluleka ukuhlola lezi zinto ngendlela ephuthumayo asengozini yemiphumela emibi kakhulu, okuhlanganisa ukubizwa kabusha kwemikhiqizo, ukuboshwa kwempahla yasekhaya, kanye nezinhlawulo ezinkulu, okubeka engozini ukufinyelela kwawo emakethe yase-UK.
Ababambiqhaza emakethe yase-UK (abakhiqizi, abangenisa impahla kwamanye amazwe, abaphakeli, abasabalalisi) belulekwa kakhulu ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo ezilandelayo ngokushesha:
- Yenza ukubuyekezwa okuphelele yemikhiqizo yakho nezinto zokusetshenziswa ukuze kutholakale noma yikuphi ukuba khona kwama-SVHC angu-15 aphakanyisiwe.
- Xhumana nochungechunge lwakho lokunikezela ngokucela izimemezelo zezinto ezibonakalayo kanye nama-Safety Data Sheets (SDS) kubaphakeli bakho ukuqinisekisa ukuthobela imithetho.
- Sebenzisa izinyathelo zokulungisa uma kutholakala ukuthi kukhona izinto ezithile, njengokulungisa imikhiqizo, ukushintshela kwezinye izinto, noma ukusebenzisa izinsizakalo zochwepheshe zokuthobela imithetho ukuze kulungiswe.
- Qapha intuthuko eduze, okuhlanganisa nomphumela wokubonisana kwe-HSE kanye nokuphothulwa kohlu lwabazongenela ukhetho, ukulungiselela izaziso ezidingekayo.